Non-refillable and non-reemptiable vessel for liquids.



- n. VFYFE. nou-REFlL-LABLE'AND Non (No Model.)

Patented Apr. l, |902.

-RE'EMPTIABLE`VESS'EL-Fon Lmui (Application led Sept. 20, 1901.)

12mm /yfv wm@ UNITED STAT-ns PATENT OFFICE.'

nonn'rrr Frnn, or NEW vo'ni'c, n. Y.

NON-REFILLABLE AND NON-REMPTl/BLE VESSEL FOR LIQUIDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 9.696,91?, dated Alpril 1, 1902.

Application filed Septemher', 1901. Serial No, 75.979. (No model.)

T (4f/,ZZ whom, may con/cern: I

Bc it-knovvn that l, ROBERT FY'FE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in

the county of Kings and State of NewYork,

have invented anew and useful Non-Refill able and Non-'Reemptiable lVessel for Liquids, fof lrvhieh the following is full specication.

. f .attain these objects by mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in wliich- Figurel represents a `longitudinal section of the entire deviceas. applied in connection with 'a round-necked bottle, the section be-- ing in. line Witha transverse. shaft k. Fig. 2 also represents alOngiiudnal section, but

at right angles to Fig. l. .Figf shoe-'s how ,theelnteh f/ and the loops :if andy engage and interlock.

Similar letters referto similar parts throu ghout the several view-s.

4The vessel .A constitutes the frame, having in itsneclisan annular groove j, thecasing 1 3 being inserted into the neck and; held in' proper position byfthe spring-plugs g h, norlmally projecting from Athe side of 'the casing,- but A(pourpressible therein' for engaging the'.

groovej". The `casing hasaeircular'interior chamber la, having, inlet-passage c, .leading into the bod-y ot thebottle, andfontlet-pas, Sage bi, leading into the recesses o. and e, said inlet andont et being' month; also trvo 1de .soQcons-truicted as that all liquidvvill edeliv.-

- eredintethe 'circular interiorfchanibei; With- "pressnreonlyon one side of the bladesi'm 'rc 4Qy andthe 4o utle i;passlage being provided with -a per'iatedfcap tto protect'the mechanism '--lfornmanipulation Mounted inl thecasin'g is thevalre device controlling the inlet and outle t, said device coinprising the transverse shaitg carrying, blades m; m 'W'i tl1in' =.'i1cu1ar interior chambera and Vhavingits extremities extended into the tvvo 'recessesjd e, the endin recessd being. furnished withtliepulley p rigid thereon saine being-connected. bymeans yof cord lrto: as eeond pulley niensions operating .es

the rotary Vclutch y, comprising one or more hook-shaped arms adapted when rotated for ward to interlock witn'the loops n: and i/and thereby break rotative continuity, and when rotated backward to canse loops f1; vand y to revolve, and thereby clear for continued-rotation. The loops saturning on a pivot above the clutch y, comprise a ring or revoluble base carrying rigid thereon a series of loops adapt ed in shape .and by location to correspond with the clutch in `nnanner described. The loops .z below the clutch are the exact dnpli^ cate of'loops .rand adapted for the saine service. deemed essential, but is included tcprovide for possible displacement of any individual loop in either series. The positions of the series of loops :can-d .et in relation to clutch y are determined by the seizing range of thc clutcfli in rotating, land each operating part is therefore located s'o that one or more of the loops must always be Within rangeof certainseizure by the clutch Whenit is rotated forward. In thisconnection rotation of the clutch frward "means in directionopposed 'to and backward means in .direction ac' cordin gwith the rotary motion of the blades, as governed by'cord fr and, pulleys j). q.

My improved vesselisof s'implefconstruction, involving practically no change in the existing forms of bottles, bci- Inthe drawings lshowmy devicein combination with anordinaryroundgneclced'bottle,

capacities and' with necks of varyingshapes.

that -We are considering a vessel holding a clueafitity of liquid, yvhich in passing through the casing must rotate the lated'accordingly 4by attachingit securely that number ofltime's, (which will allow of the saine number of 'blade rotations,) and' then.

p and "cutting it there. When that is done, theoasing,with i'tsniechanisln ,is pushed down thanec-k until locked by the spring-plugs 1/ 7c. inthe groove f." l 0n inverting thevessel the the pressurey oirthe blades opens the valve, becau se nothing ohstructs the -blades from rnblades a certain specified .number of times, the cord r is regu This duplicate 'series of loops is not lbut it is, 'equally i-'ppiioablejto' vvessels of all 'It is used as follows: Assumingor example, I

'to pulleyq, then Winding 'it on the pulley 9`5\ fastening theother end ofthe cord toy pulley' Lon 'liquid will owout freely till it is e1n'pty, ,for

'tating'the limited numbero'ftimes; but when the vessel. has been emptied 'all attempts to refill it .will fail, because'that would necessitate continued rotation of the blades, such, hoy ever, being prevented in one direction by 'cord ratpulley 1, and in the reverse direclion by clutch y locking in loopsx z, theconsequence being a positively locked valve,

y 'which willopenneitherto outflowingi n-or lto iuflowing liquid, vin addition to which the-'cas-4 ing is also. locked in theneck and its operat- 'pulatiom Underthesecircumstancesthe'only .possibility of 'refilling that remains-'might be by slow percolation through the valve; but". even. then'the problem of remptying wouldv 4ing parts are all securely protected from manio'bviously be vastlymore diiiicult, if notabenlutelyimpossible, so that in any ca 'se' the vessel vcould not beused for-any fraudulentor illicit purpose, fof-'it must also b'e'noted that should portion onlyof orig'nally-inclosed liquid be j withdrawn and the .vesseliilledupagain by `any possible means the"a'ction of the valve isA al 'ways limited 4so as'to allow onlyof'the out- 4iljo'wf ofi the quantity-originally incIoSed, so'.

'that if adnlteraiae'l tt-quantity' equal-to what .ivas substituted would remain Alocked in the vessel when the quantityoriginallyinclosed. had passed .out,l 'and"-thil-sv .the adulterato'ri would be no gainer. This importan-t feature of. inabilityto rempty in mfy opinion is no't onlynovel, but' of thegreatestimportance and- 1 claim as inysole invention',`anddesire to 1. The combination'o-f avessel for liquids,

secure by--Letters Pat.ent,fthe following:

. having inthe neck or corresponding'passage thereof an. annular groove, with a casi-nghaving compressible spring-plugs adapted to er1-' --gage said groove, said casing having recesses- :xt each side, and a circular-.interior chamberl having 'an inletpassage, leading from' .the

body,.and.an outlet-passage protected bya perforated cap,,leadiug to the mouth of the vessel, with'a transverse shaft carrying blades Vwithin said. chamber,-adapted to rotate by I, v te iiquid-pressure and to control inlet and outlet passages, said shaft being alsoprovided at one 'endwith a rigid pulle p, which is connected by a. cord withV anojher pulley,q,

'so that revolving of the shaft eahses the cord to bo unwound 4from pulleyjg, and simultaneously wound onto pulley j), and said shaft being further provided atthe other end with 'a rotary clutch and corresponding revoluble loops adapted to prevent reversing revolutions, substantially as shown' and described.

,-f' .2. The combination of a vessel forliquids',

"liavi'ng a neck Orother corresponding passage, with a transverse shaft carrying blades 'adapted -te rotate by liquid-pressure and to control inlet-and outlet, said shaft being alsbprovided with a rigid pulley p, which -is connected by' a cord 'with another pulley q, se

that revolving of the shaft c auscs the cord to be unwrj und from pulley qand sini ultaneouslyl cer-.und onto pulley ;J, auth-said. shaft being Aspringplugs g h engaging-groove f,

further provided with a rotary clutch ,and

corresponding revoluble loops adapted to pre-V vent reversingrevoluti'ons, substantiallyas 7o shownand described. l

3. The combination of a tube or' conduit allow suiiioient revolutions Afor the'valve to open and pass the 'stipulated quau'tity-With-' yanother pulley q sothat revolving of the shaft 8oV causes' the cord or chain to be unwoundfrompulley q and simultaneously'wound ontopulley p, and said shaft being further provided with a rotary clutch and' corresponding revo.-

luble loops adapted to prevdnt reversin rcvo 8 5. A

lutionsgthereby automatically measuringand cutting-off supplies, substantially as'sliown 4. A device to limitrevolutions'ani ch'ecl-rreversing motion of as haft", comprising apul- -go ley'prigid on'said shaft, connected, bymeans -ot -a cord or chain, of length only to allowfoi :limited number-'of revolutions with another pulley q, so that revolvingof the shaft causes the cordel' chainto be unwound from pulley- 95- q, and, simultaneously, wound onto pulle'yp, unti-lcheckedjby the fastened end at. pulley :qi-together with a 1'otary clutch,ha ving one. forj -m'qre hook-shaped.,v arms, carried rigid .en

said shaft so as to engage oneor more ef-sa series of; revolnble4 loops mounted in,l proper positionfor reciprocal service, saidfelutch and revoluble loops beingso.locatedfin rela? 'tionto leach other as tobe always within-inlas.

terlocking range, s o that, when saidielutch iss-1.05.

rotated in one direction, the resulting :9011.'14' f sion with the'series of rcvoluble Vloops"causes.-

said loops vto revolve and. allow the clutch tocle'ar forqf-urther 4rotat ion', bu t, lwhen said' .clutchjis rotated inv the reverse' direction, iff-jtmust interlock with the revolubleloopsgfand' .thus break all rotation 'in thagtidiieetonsub# stantiallyas -shown and described. 5. A device to limit revolutions of ash-attr..

comprising 'a pulley 2o rigidon' said shaft c u- .1,1 5 nected 'by means fof a cord or chainjof length with another .pulley q, so that revql 'vl l 'g"of. the-shaft causes 4the cord o rA .chain tosbeiunjwound from pulley q,.fand-simnltanco-usly,mel

wound onto pulley p, untilchecked bythe shown and described.

'fastenedend'at -pulley q, substantially-as comprisi'ngjthe vessel or fram-A, having in 1 25.

its neck the annular groove f; the' casing B inserted therein audheld-in position by thesaid'casing havingsiderecessesd and cfa circular. l

Ainterior'chamber a, outlet-passage b, and iii- 13e 'let-passage @the transverseshaftl'.mounted Vwithin. said casing, passing through chamber n., and extending into recesses d and e; said. shaft carrying', inchamberrf, the blades an. In,

esser? tdapted to rotate by liquid-pressure and .to

first been securely attached, at one eind, tojpulf.

.ley v'then wound onfsame, as' many times as lglnalcontents passing threngnehsmber d rotates blades amend then'cut and ntf, taeliedg t'thet end, to pulley p, said shaft further carrying or engeginginreeess e, the rotary clnteh y and the loops me' adapted to interlock 4and prevent reverse revolution'of the' shaft,- the whwole being' adapted. so that pressure of the originally-inclosed liquid on the blades causes the shaft to revolve' and the blades to rotate u util thev cord is unwonndf from pulley. qlfand, simultaneously, woundonto pulley'p, till the fastened .end at pulley (l stops rotation, so that original contents can .ri'low out freely, but, shoe ldfthe vessel be afterlward wholly or partially re lled,by anymeans, rempty'ing is prevented byrestraint ofthe nerdy?, -iiilreces's d, .and obstruction p of the gelntgllgj and loops 2, in recess/e, which prie#v ,vent anyfurthergi'otztionof the blades cone trolling the ontleig substantially as shown and described.; v 'Y N7. In a -nonjremptiebl'e vessel-for, liquidsV thelframe A having a, neck or similarpasssge f let and outlet passegesthereiu-; covering seid; outlet-passage the protecting; perforated cap.

inserted,V in said-"neck the ,casingl havi'ngini; attached to said-casing the retaining-plugs g h engagingnthe annular groove f; mounted within saidcasing the sheitk; carried on" sand shaft. the Yiblades 'mi controlling. inlet' v'and outlet passages carried on saidshft the :pulley p andthe clutch y; mounted in positions to correspond with said clntchihe reve- 49'4 l v /Qnnnnns M. FYEE, f. 

